Time: 9:30 am - 4:00 pm
Location: : Mission Campus at Heritage Park Centre
Lifetime Learning Centre, UFV and Fraser Valley Regional Library
present
8th Annual Mission Writers & Readers Festival
Schedule
9:30 AM – Registration
10:00 AM – Keynote Speaker Emily Pohl-Weary
In her Keynote Emily will talk about how and why she started writing and on the importance of each of us finding and focusing on our unique voices – telling our stories in order to (re)claim space and diversify the Canadian literary canon. As well she will focus on how emerging voices in the Fraser Valley can contribute to our understanding of what it means to live in this vast country of so many different peoples, communities, and geographies.
10:30 AM – Morning Workshops
- Q&A on Writing and Publishing – Evelyn Lau
- Down the Rabbit Hole: Writing for Children & Young Adults – Lois Peterson
- Having Fun with Rejections – Daniela Elza
12:00 Noon – Reading
12:30 PM – Lunch and Open Mike
1:00 PM – Reading
1:30 PM – Afternoon Workshops
- Rise of the Poetry Video: How to make the Trend a Friend – Chris Gilpin
- Capturing History – John Carroll
- The Writing Marathon: Completing a Book – Emily Pohl-Weary
3:45 PM – Wrap Up, Prize Draws and More
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Event Location : Mission Campus at Heritage Park Centre
8th Annual Mission Writers & Readers Festival
Date(s): Saturday, March 7Time: 9:30 am - 4:00 pm
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